Wicked people ought to be
punished; it was wicked to steal and tell stories, and he hoped Henry
would be punished, so as he would never forget it, for hindering poor
Hannah from getting her pig.
He would not understand Henry's predicament; he was only angry,
bitterly angry, and watching for vengeance. Miss Fosbrook could not
reason or persuade him out of it, nor make him see that he could
hardly say his prayers in such a mood. Indeed, he would rather have
gone without his prayers than have ceased to hope for Henry's
punishment.
Perhaps in this there was sense of justice and indignation against
wrong doing, as well as personal resentment. Miss Fosbrook tried to
think so, and left him, but not without praying for him, that a
Christian temper of forgiveness might be sent upon him.
All the others were subdued and awe-struck. It was not yet known
what was to happen to Henry; but there was a notion that it would be
very terrible indeed, and that Uncle John would be sure to make it
worse; and they wished Miss Fosbrook good-night with very sad faces.
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